The fate of the census citizenship question

The U.S. Census Bureau has revealed it will be embarking on a “test” this week with a specific purpose. Some 480,000 households across the nation will receive a questionnaire “testing the operational effects of including a citizenship question on the 2020 census.”

The federal agency did not specify the nature of “operational effects.” Census Bureau personnel alone are privy to the authentic rigors of counting 330 million people. Meanwhile, the citizenship question is a complex political and cultural situation.

Should the 2020 census ask “Are you a U.S. citizen?”

Democratic critics maintain that the inquiry would discourage immigrants from voting; several companies, including Levi Strauss, Uber and Univision, have filed an amicus brief in support of that idea. Republicans insist citizenship status would contribute to a more accurate count and realistic picture of the nation. President Trump took a clear stand on the issue, noting in a tweet, “The American people deserve to know who is in this country.”

Three federal courts already have blocked the Commerce Department — which oversees the census — from adding the question. The Supreme Court is in the middle of figuring out the answer. Yes or no?

But what about voters?

“Six in 10 registered voters, 60%, said that the Census Bureau should ask the citizenship question even if it results in fewer responses. Another 21% said the question should not be included, while 19% were unsure,” said a Hill-HarrisX survey of 1,002 registered U.S. voters conducted last month.

The Census Bureau, meanwhile, says the test findings from the nationwide test “will assist in determining updates to 2020 census operations, such as how many census takers are needed to follow up with nonresponding households and how to better communicate with households about the 2020 census.”

THE MODERATORS GET READY

Incredibly, the first Democratic presidential debate is only two weeks away. The host networks have now made a decision on who will moderate the prime-time showcases for an unprecedented number of Democratic candidates.

Representing NBC News, MSNBC and Telemundo, the following will wrangle the hopefuls during their two big nights on a stage in Miami: Lester Holt, Savannah Guthrie, Chuck Todd, Rachel Maddow, and Jose Diaz-Balart. Aside from Ms. Guthrie, the rest of the group also played a role in the 2016 Democratic debates in 2016. Mr. Holt, incidentally, will do the heavy lifting here — on camera for two hours at each debate. His co-moderators each get an hour of time.

‘ROCK SOLID’ SUPPORT FROM EVANGELICALS

Public opinion surveys are a complicated political entities, particularly when it comes to President Trump. A new Quinnipiac poll, for example, now claims that six Democratic presidential hopefuls would best Mr. Trump in a theoretical match-up. It is interesting to note that out of the 1,214 voters who were surveyed, 503 were Democrats.

But let’s move along to another new poll, this one conducted on behalf of the 1.2 million-member Faith and Freedom Coalition, a grassroots public policy organization. The survey finds that the president has an 83% job approval rating among self-identified evangelical Christians — “one of the highest ratings of his presidency” — and that 81% of these evangelicals voted for Mr. Trump in 2016.

“Evangelical voters have consistently shown that, outside of base Republicans, they are the most supportive demographic group for President Trump,” says Public Opinion Strategies pollster Glen Bolger — who calls this “a bedrock base of support.”

The survey found that evangelical Christians comprised 27% of all registered voters — and that the only higher support for Mr. Trump was found among Republicans, who gave him an 85% job approval rating.

“This survey confirms that President Trump’s support among evangelicals is rock-solid and suggests that support may be growing. While we are a long way from the 2020 election, job approval is the single most reliable predictor of voting behavior,” says Ralph Reed, the coalition’s chairman.

“Trump’s strong economy, his conservative Supreme Court and other federal judicial selections, his unwavering pro-life policies, and his steadfast support for the state of Israel all add up to historic levels of support among evangelicals and conservative Christians,” says Mr. Reed.

The survey of 800 registered voters was conducted June 1-6.

FOXIFIED

Fox News Channel remains the most-watched cable network of all during the daytime and prime-time hours according to Nielsen Media Research — currently averaging 2.3 million prime-time viewers, compared to 1.5 million for MSNBC, 1.2 million for HGTV rounding out the top three. The 726,000 for CNN is ranked No. 15 among the cable networks.

Once again, “Hannity” is the top program of all here, drawing 3.2 million viewers per night. Along with Sean Hannity’s nightly show, presentations of ” Tucker Carlson Tonight,” “The Ingraham Angle,” “The Five” and “Special Report with Bret Baier” claimed 20 of the top 30 cable telecasts overall in total viewers.

And of note: Last Wednesday, Mr. Carlson topped MSNBC’s town hall with Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Elizabeth Warren in both total viewers and among the much coveted 25-54-year-old demographic.

POLL DU JOUR

• 55% of Americans say President Trump will win the 2020 presidential election; 86% of Republicans, 61% of independents and 25% of Democrats agree.

• 63% of men, 48% of women, 62% of white voters and 42% of non-white voters also agree.

• 41% of voters overall say Mr. Trump will lose the election; 12% of Republicans, 34% of independents and 72% of Democrats agree.

• 34% of men, 48% of women, 34% of white voters and 56% of non-white voters also agree.

• 4% of voters overall don’t know or are undecided on whether Mr. Trump will win; 2% of Republicans, 5% of independents and 3% of Democrats agree.

• 3% of men, 4% of women, 4% of white voters and 2% of non-white voters also agree.

Source: A CNN poll of 1,006 U.S. adults conducted May 28-31 and released June 5.

8 Comments

Watching c-span house committee on subpoenas over citizenship question on census.

Usual bully rants by Dem majority plus constant hysterical venomous obfuscation, slurs & the Dem Party openly unified strategy of scorched earth character assassination against any & all people, in or out of govt, who would dare to challenge Dem tyranny or expose the corrupt seditious & ulterior political motivations of the autocrats that now makeup entire Dem Party that has become nothing less than a political terror org, much like Islam.

The Dems & their partners in crime & corruption have revealed their abject fear that Trump might succeed in his attempt to keep & preserve the US & it’s resources, benefits, sovereignty, constitution, rights & self governance for the legal citizens of US per his sworn duty & oath.

The oath taken by all people in govt specifically excludes & prohibits US govt officials from representing & treasonously elevating the interests of foreign nationals anywhere in world, but especially those illegally in US, over the security & the social & economic stability of legal US citizens.

Exactly. APPORTIONING of folks to DC, should ONLY be based on Citizens, as THAT IS WHO THEY ARE supposed to be representing. Same goes for federal funds.
NO STATE should receive federal funds at all, if they are a sanctuary state, OR ALLOW any of their cities or towns, to declare themselves, sanctuaries.

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4:12 pm June 14, 2019 at 4:12 pm

I propose that the states’ Secretaries of State be forced to do the following: 1) If an individual registered voter hasn’t voted in the last 6 years, after mailing a notification to the registered voter’s residence of record and not having a reply within 90 days, remove the voter’s registration; 2) Verify the citizenship of every individual attempting to register to vote.
I propose that the question about citizenship be required for the census form and only returned forms with an affirmative response be counted for the allocation of House membership.
I propose that, although the allocation of house seats is based on the census, the states be required to configure their Congressional districts based on the number of registered voters within each geographic area.
In addition, district lines should be drawn by a computer program using “centroid of mass” type calculation, based on the number of registered voters within each geographic area, starting at the state’s “centroid of mass of registered voters” and proceeding outward. City limits and county lines should not be used in any way.

The number of reps per state in Congress is based on legal citizens in a state & each state has minimum of one rep.

CA with 53 reps has the most, of which 43 are Dems, & this is because CA has highest illegal alien population & they are the people that the Dems now openly represent in our govt instead of legal citizens, which is a total betrayal of their sworn oath & duty to this nation.

Dems have made clear they are intent on gaining political power via increasing & protection of illegal alien populations.

Illegal aliens are not allowed to vote or demand national / federal representation since being here illegally demonstrates their defiant refusal to recognize or obey any laws that conflict with their brazen & hostile demands to be arbitrarily granted political, social & economic equality & rights same or better than that of the legal citizenry or legal migrants.

This is why we need citizenship question on census & also proof of eligibility for voter registration & voter ID to try to prevent illegal alien population in CA & elsewhere from receiving undeserved & unconstitutional govt representation by unscrupulous & autocratic Dem politicians which would spell doom for the rights, liberty & self-governance for the legal citizenry of US.

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